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The Cat and the Canary
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The Cat and the Canary

Aug 20, 1927
1h 27m
★ 6.8

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

Overview

Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.

Genres

Comedy
Horror
Mystery

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Laura La Plante

Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Creighton Hale

Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Forrest Stanley

Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Tully Marshall

Gertrude Astor

Cecily

Gertrude Astor

Flora Finch

Susan

Flora Finch

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Harry

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

Martha Mattox

George Siegmann

The Guard

George Siegmann

Lucien Littlefield

Ira Lazar

Lucien Littlefield

Hal Craig

Policeman (uncredited)

Hal Craig

Billy Engle

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Billy Engle

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